The Wonderful Sheep-The Blue Fairy Book Once upon a time, a king had three daughters, but he loved Miranda the best. He gave her all sorts of clothes and jewels. She shared with her sisters because she was nice. This king went off to fight some wars and was victorious. He came back home and...

The History of Whittington-The Blue Fairy Book There was once a boy named Whittington. He had a whole lot of nothing. He didn't have a family. He didn't have food. He heard the streets of London were paved with gold so he decided to go there. It turns out that the streets were not paved...

The Story of Pretty Goldilocks-The Blue Fairy Book Ah, Goldilocks, that little girl who broke into the home of an unsuspecting bear family to eat their food and sleep in their beds--no, not that Goldilocks, this is a different one, or that one all grown up. In this story, Goldilocks is a princess. She's beautiful...

The Terrible Head-The Blue Fairy Book Once there was a king who had been told that his daughter's son would kill him. The king figured the best way to nip this problem in the butt was to lock the daughter away and never let her get married. This did not work because she became pregnant....

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Marty lives in West Virginia with his family. They don't have a lot of anything, but they get by. Marty is out hunting in the woods one day when he finds a beagle that follows him home. It turns out the beagle belongs to a man down the road who...